The Gendron Iron Wheel Company was founded in 1872 in Toledo, Ohio by Peter Gendron. Gendron originally produced wire wheels for baby carriages. In 1890, bicycles, tricycles, invalid chairs, baby carriages, doll carriages, coaster wagons, toy wheelbarrows & children's diecast toy replica pedal cars up until World War II.

The wheelchairs, while heavy and cumbersome by today’s standards, greatly improved the mobility of the disabled around the world.  The company moved to Perrysburg in 1941, to Archbold in 1959, and is currently headquartered in Bryan, Ohio. 

This is an antique Gendron Wheel Company wheelchair. It has a oak frame and features a wicker back, seat and front. Wooden covers the top of the arms and creates a foot rest. There are two large wheels to the front, with one to the back.

Wheelchair - Gendron Wheel Company Oak and Cane